ELA+Kindergarten+Lesson+6

Topic: Five Senses

Common Core Standards: RI.K.1---With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in the text. RF.K.1d---Recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet. RF.K.3b---Associate the long and short sounds with common (graphemes) for the five major vowels. W.K.2---Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing and supply some information about the topic. SL.K.2--- Confirm understanding of text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details an requesting clarification if something is not understood. L.K.1a---Print many upper and lowercase letters.

Suggested Student Objectives:
 * Identify words that begin with short /a/.
 * Learn that the letter Aa stands for /a/.
 * Write the letter Aa.
 * Build background for "My Five Senses."
 * Compare and contrast.

Suggested Additional Readings: My Five Senses by Margaret Miller Look, Listen, Taste, Touch and Smell by Hill Nettleton The Five Senses by Nuria Roca How Do You Know? by Lisa Jayne Sense-Abilities by Michelle O'Brien-Palmer

Resource Links: [|Five Senses Video] [|Our Five Senses] [|Learning About the World] [|Five Senses Lesson Plans] [|Printable Five Senses Worksheets]

Activities: 1. Eggs Filled With Sound __Materials:__

plastic eggs, objects for inside the eggs, cotton, rice, paper clips, marbles,pennies etc.,permanent marker, worksheets, scissors, glue, pencils and ears.

__Instructions:__

Before starting this experiment, a worksheet will need to be made up. Draw ovals to represent the eggs. Label each one with a number. On another worksheet, draw small pictures of what is going to be inside the eggs. Write the name of each under the object. Fill plastic eggs with various objects. Number each egg with a permanent marker. Explain to the class that they will shake each egg and try to guess what is inside. Show them the drawings of the objects so they have something to relate to. Children will shake each egg and listen with just their ears. They should not open the eggs. Children will select which object they think is inside the egg and cut out the matching picture. Glue the object onto the corresponding numbered egg on the first worksheet. Continue on until all the eggs have been done. After all answers have been recorded on the worksheet, the children can open each egg to see what is inside. They can then check their guesses. Discuss the sense of hearing and how it helped to identify the sounds inside the eggs.

2. Materials

Book: Maisy's Nature Walk by Lucy Cousins Crayons My Nature Walk worksheet [|Nature Worksheet] Directions:Read the book Maisy’s Nature Walk by Lucy Cousins to children. Afterwards, talk with children about the different things that Maisy sees on her natture walk, such as a flower, a snail, and a rabbit. Make sentence strips following this pattern:Maisy sees a __ on her nature walk.Create the same number of sentence strips as the things that Maisy sees on her walk. Help children recall the things that Maisy sees and write the words in the blanks. Then, mix up the strips and have children put them in the order in which they happen in the story.Variation:: Draw simple pictures or cut pictures from old magazines of the things that Maisy sees on her walk. Instead of writing the words in the blanks, glue the pictures.Guide children on a nature walk. Your nature walk can take place in a park, on a nature trail, or even in your own back yard or playground. All you need to do is go outdoors and observe what you see! Encourage children to pay close attention to the things that they see, hear, smell, taste, and feel on the walk. Stop at various points along the way and invite volunteers to share what they sense. Point out interesting sights, smells, and sounds as is appropriate. Ask questions like "What do you see? Can you hear the birds singing? What does the bark feel like?" Halfway through the walk, stop and provide a healthful snack, such as raisins, pretzels, or fruit. Afterwards, have provide each child with a My Nature Walk worksheet and have them draw pictures to show the things that they saw, smelled, heard, tasted, and touched on the walk.

3. The Sense of Sight Present children with a box of small objects such as a crayon, scissors, a pencil, an earring, a cookie cutter, etc. Let children select four or five items from the box. Put the items on the table. Have children close their eyes, and then remove one of the items. Have children open their eyes and ask them to tell you what the missing item is. Continue the game, changing the items.

4. Materials __Directions:__ Cut a 2½ inch wide strip from craft paper lengthwise. Let children decorate the strip with crayons and stickers. Punch one hole at the end of each paper roll. Let children paint strip around the other end of the paper roll and let dry. Add glue to the middle of the paper rolls. Place strip colored side face down on the table. Place paper rolls one inch apart on the strip (see pic 1). Let dry. When dry, add glue to the strip (see pic 2) and wrap around the paper rolls. Place a book on the top to hold in place while drying. Thread a length of yarn through the holes to make a necklace for children to wear the binoculars. __Extension:__ Tell children that they will be using their binoculars to look at specific objects inside the room or outside in nature. Encourage children to describe in detail what they see. Note: Instruct children not to walk while looking through the binoculars. __Rhyme:__ The leaf is green. How do I know? My eyes told my brain, So it must be so.
 * 2 toilet paper rolls
 * Craft paper
 * Crayons, markers, stickers
 * Glue
 * Scissors
 * Yarn

5. [|My Five Senses-Cut and Paste]

Assessments: Students will name the five senses and then label the parts of the body that go with each sense.

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